[Short-term outcome of a 1st myocardial infarct preceeded or not by a premonitory sign. Comparative study]

A comparative study of two groups of patients after their first myocardial infarction, distingusihed by the presence (group A, 149 cases) or absence (group B, 184 cases) of premonitory signs has shown no difference between the two groups in the short-term (5 weeks). The only differences were in the age (younger patients and in the larger number of anteriorly situated infarcts in the 45% of patients in this series who had premonitory signs.